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Isocrinid Crinoids from the Late Cenozoic of Jamaica Stephen K Document generated on 10/02/2021 2:11 a.m. Atlantic Geology Isocrinid crinoids from the late Cenozoic of Jamaica Stephen K. Donovan Volume 30, Number 3, November 1994 Article abstract Eight species of isocrinines have been documented from the Lower Cretaceous URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/ageo30_3rep02 to Pleistocene of Jamaica. New finds include a second specimen of a Miocene species from central north Jamaica, previously regarded as Diplocrinus sp. but See table of contents reclassified as Teliocrmus? sp. herein. Extant Teliocrinus is limited to the Indian Ocean, although Miocene specimens have been recorded from Japan, indicating a wider distribution during the Neogene. One locality in the early Publisher(s) Pleistocene Manchioncal Formation of eastern Jamaica has yielded three species of isocrinine, Cenocrinus asterius (Linnl), Diplocrinus maclearanus Atlantic Geoscience Society (Thomson) and Neocrinus decorus Thomson. These occur in association with the bourgueticrinine Democrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp. These taxa are all ISSN extant and suggest a minimum depositional depth for the Manchioneal Formation at this locality of about 180 m. This early Pleistocene fauna 0843-5561 (print) represents the most diverse assemblage of fossil crinoids docu mented from 1718-7885 (digital) the Antillean region. Explore this journal Cite this article Donovan, S. K. (1994). Isocrinid crinoids from the late Cenozoic of Jamaica. Atlantic Geology, 30(3), 195–203. All rights reserved © Atlantic Geology, 1994 This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ A tlantic G eology 195 Isocrinid crinoids from the late Cenozoic of Jamaica Stephen K. Donovan Department of Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica Date Received April 8, 1994 Date A ccepted A ugust 26, 1994 Eight species of isocrinines have been documented from the Lower Cretaceous to Pleistocene of Jamaica. New finds include a second specimen of a Miocene species from central north Jamaica, previously regarded as Diplocrinus sp. but reclassified as Teliocrinus? sp. herein. Extant Teliocrinus is limited to the Indian Ocean, although Miocene specimens have been recorded from Japan, indicating a wider distribution during the Neogene. One locality in the early Pleistocene Manchioneal Formation of eastern Jamaica has yielded three species of isocrinine, Cenocrirtus asterius (Linne), Diplocrinus maclearanus (Thomson) and Neocrinus decorus Thomson. These occur in association with the bourgueticrinine Democrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp. These taxa are all extant and suggest a minimum depositional depth for the Manchioneal Formation at this locality of about 180 m. This early Pleistocene fauna represents the most diverse assemblage of fossil crinoids docu­ mented from the Antillean region. Huit especes d’isocrinines de la periode du Cretace inferieur au Pleistocene de la Jamai'que ont ete documentees. Les nouvelles decouvertes comprennent un deuxieme specimen d’une espece du Miocene du nord central de la Jamai'que, auparavant consideree comme l’espece Diplocrinus, mais reclassifiee en tant que Teliocrinus? aux presentes. Le Teliocrinus existant est limite a l’ocean Indien, meme si on a releve des specimens du Miocene au Japon, ce qui est revelateur d’une distribution plus repandue au cours du Neogene. Un emplacement de la formation de Manchioneal du Pleistocene inferieur dans l’est de la Jamai'que a livre trois especes d’isocrinines : le Cenocrinus asterius (Linne), le Diplocrinus maclearanus (Thomson) et le Neocrinus decorus (Thomson). Ceux-ci sont presents en association avec les bourgueticrinines Democrinus ou Monachocrinus. Ces taxons sont tous existants et ils permettent de supposer que la formation de Manchioneal aurait une profondeur minimale de sedimentation d’environ 180 m a cet endroit. Cette faune du Pleistocene inferieur represente l’assemblage le plus diversify de crinoi'des fossiles documentes dans la region des Antilles. [Traduit par la redaction] Introduction S ystematic P aleontology Few fossil crinoids are known from Jamaica; nevertheless, Class Crinoidea J.S. Miller, 1821 they are probably the best known fauna of this group from the Subclass Articulata von Zittel, 1879 Antillean islands. Most of the described taxa are based on just Order Isocrinida Sieverts-Doreck, 1952 one or a few specimens. Of the eight species hitherto recog­ Suborder Isocrinina Gislen, 1924 nized (Table 1), five are isocrinines; all of these are recorded Family Isocrinidae Gislen, 1924 from a single columnal or pluricolumnal only and each from a different locality and horizon. It is therefore considered signifi­ Genus Neocrinus Thomson, 1864 cant to report further specimens from two of these horizons, Neocrinus decorus Thomson, 1864 generally showing superior preservation to those originally de­ Figure 2.1,2.2,2.4,2.6,2.7,2.9-2.11 scribed. The discovery of a moderately rich crinoid locality in the early Pleistocene of eastern Jamaica, including three spe­ Material: Twelve columnals and pluricolumnals, BMNH EE cies of isocrinine and a bourgueticrinine, represents the first 5052, EE 5053, EE 5057[2], EE 5060, EE 5062 (Fig. 2.7,2.10, site on the island to yield more than one species of crinoid and 2.11), EE 5064 (Fig. 2.1, 2.4), EE 5065[2] (Fig. 2.2, 2.6), EE has produced more specimens than all of the other Cenozoic 5065[3] (Fig. 2.9), EE 5067-EE 5070. sites combined. Terminology of the crinoid stem used herein follows Moore Occurrence: Cliffs and associated fallen blocks exposed near etal. (1968), Roux (1977), Ubaghs (1978) and Webster (1974). the mouth of the Christmas River, parish of Portland, eastern The classification of articulate crinoids follows Simms (1988). Jamaica (Fig. 1.1; GR 798 421, old 1:50,000 series, sheet M, The protocol of open nomenclature follows Bengtson (1988). ‘Port Antonio’). Upper Coastal Group, Manchioneal Forma­ The specimens described herein are deposited in the Natural tion. Early Pleistocene. History Museum, London (BMNH) and the Florida Museum of Natural History (UF). Atlantic Geology 30,195-203 (1994) 0843-5561/94/030195-12S2.35/0 196 D onovan Table 1. Fossil crinoids of Jamaica (after Donovan, 1989; Donovan etal., 1993, 1994; Dixon etal., 1994). * = discussed herein. Order ISOCRINIDA Suborder COMATULIDINA Incertae familiae Brachial or pinnular ossicle late Oligocene Brachial ossicles indet. late Cretaceous Suborder ISOCRININA Family ISOCRINIDAE * Neocrinus decorus Thomson early Pleistocene Family CAINOCRINIDAE * Teliocrinus? sp. early Miocene Family ISSELICRINIDAE Austinocrinus sp. early Aptian cf. Cenocrinus asterius (Linne) early Pleistocene * Cenocrinus asterius (Linne) early Pleistocene * Diplocrinus maclearanus (Thomson) early Pleistocene Isselicrinus cubensisl (Valette) early Eocene Incertae familiae Isocrinid sp. indet. middle Eocene Suborder BOURGUETICRININA Family BATHYCRINIDAE * Democrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp. early Pleistocene Order ROVEACRINIDA Family SACCOCOMIDAE Applinocrinus cretacea (Bather) Maastrichtian Description: For a description of the stem of extant N. decorus, Formation (Pliocene) is apparent at Christmas River, indicat­ see Donovan (1984). ing that the crinoid-rich beds are low in the Manchioneal For­ mation. Many of the specimens from Christmas River have been Remarks: The Pleistocene columnals illustrated herein com­ collected from fallen blocks. pare closely with those of extant N. decorus (for example, com- Evidence that pluricolumnals may have lain on the seaf­ pareFig. 2.1,2.4 herein with Roux, 1977,figs. 7C, 19;Donovan, loor for some time between death and final burial is given by an 1984, pi. 74, fig. 2). Even though the trabeculae are encrusted epifaunal, serpulid worm tube (Fig. 2.11). This encrusts two by microspar, the rectilinear stereom of the areola petals is iden­ adjacent columnals, which presumably would have been im­ tical to that of living examples (compare Fig. 2.6 with Roux, practicable when the crinoid was alive due to the flexibility of 1977, fig. 5A; Donovan, 1984, pi. 75, fig. 7). The symplectial the column (compare with Donovan, 1993, fig. 2C). Although facet of N. decorus is easily discerned from those of Diplocrinus massive encrusting epibionts are not uncommon on Paleozoic maclearanus and Cenocrinus decorus (see below) by its dis­ crinoids (Meyer and Ausich, 1983), presumably immobilzing tinctive, teardrop-shaped areola petals. Extant N. decorus oc­ the column in the region of attachment, the Pleistocene speci­ curs in the tropical western Atlantic, including off Jamaica men is small and fragile. It thus suggests that the column was (Meyer etal., 1978, p. 425). not capable of flexure (=dead) when encrusted. The cliffs in the Manchioneal Formation near the mouth of the Christmas River are only the second moderately rich, Family Cainocrinidae Simms, 1988 crinoid-bearing succession to be identified from the Jamaican rock record, the fauna consisting of Cenocrinus asterius (Linne), Genus Teliocrinus Doderlein, 1912 Diplocrinus maclearanus (Thomson), Neocrinus decorus and Teliocrinus? sp. Democrinus sp. or Monachocrinus sp. (see below). The
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